Package net.sourceforge.tess4j.util

Class ImageHelper

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.tess4j.util.ImageHelper

public class ImageHelper
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ImageHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static BufferedImage	cloneImage(BufferedImage bi)	Clones an image.
static BufferedImage	convertImage2Binary(BufferedImage image)	Deprecated. As of release 1.1, renamed to convertImageToBinary(BufferedImage image)
static BufferedImage	convertImageToBinary(BufferedImage image)	A simple method to convert an image to binary or B/W image.
static BufferedImage	convertImageToGrayscale(BufferedImage image)	A simple method to convert an image to gray scale.
static Image	getClipboardImage()	Gets an image from Clipboard.
static BufferedImage	getScaledInstance(BufferedImage image, int targetWidth, int targetHeight)	Convenience method that returns a scaled instance of the provided BufferedImage.
static IIOImage	getScaledInstance(IIOImage iioSource, float scale)	Convenience method that returns a scaled instance of the provided IIOImage.
static BufferedImage	getSubImage(BufferedImage image, int x, int y, int width, int height)	A replacement for the standard BufferedImage.getSubimage method.
static BufferedImage	invertImageColor(BufferedImage image)	Inverts image color.
static BufferedImage	removeAlphaChannel(BufferedImage image)	Removes alpha channel from image
static BufferedImage	rotateImage(BufferedImage image, double angle)	Rotates an image.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ImageHelper

public ImageHelper()

Method Details

getScaledInstance

public static BufferedImage getScaledInstance(BufferedImage image,
 int targetWidth,
 int targetHeight)

Convenience method that returns a scaled instance of the provided BufferedImage.

Parameters:

image - the original image to be scaled

targetWidth - the desired width of the scaled instance, in pixels

targetHeight - the desired height of the scaled instance, in pixels

Returns:

a scaled version of the original BufferedImage

getScaledInstance

public static IIOImage getScaledInstance(IIOImage iioSource,
 float scale)

Convenience method that returns a scaled instance of the provided IIOImage.

Parameters:

iioSource - the original image to be scaled

scale - the desired scale

Returns:

a scaled version of the original IIOImage

getSubImage

public static BufferedImage getSubImage(BufferedImage image,
 int x,
 int y,
 int width,
 int height)

A replacement for the standard BufferedImage.getSubimage method.

Parameters:

image - input image

x - the X coordinate of the upper-left corner of the specified rectangular region

y - the Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the specified rectangular region

width - the width of the specified rectangular region

height - the height of the specified rectangular region

Returns:

a BufferedImage that is the subimage of image.

convertImageToBinary

public static BufferedImage convertImageToBinary(BufferedImage image)

A simple method to convert an image to binary or B/W image.

Parameters:

image - input image

Returns:

a monochrome image

removeAlphaChannel

public static BufferedImage removeAlphaChannel(BufferedImage image)

Removes alpha channel from image

Parameters:

image - input image

Returns:

image with alpha channel removed

convertImage2Binary

@Deprecated
public static BufferedImage convertImage2Binary(BufferedImage image)

Deprecated.

As of release 1.1, renamed to convertImageToBinary(BufferedImage image)

A simple method to convert an image to binary or B/W image.

Parameters:

image - input image

Returns:

a monochrome image

convertImageToGrayscale

public static BufferedImage convertImageToGrayscale(BufferedImage image)

A simple method to convert an image to gray scale.

Parameters:

image - input image

Returns:

a monochrome image

invertImageColor

public static BufferedImage invertImageColor(BufferedImage image)

Inverts image color.

Parameters:

image - input image

Returns:

an inverted-color image

rotateImage

public static BufferedImage rotateImage(BufferedImage image,
 double angle)

Rotates an image.

Parameters:

image - the original image

angle - the degree of rotation

Returns:

a rotated image

getClipboardImage

public static Image getClipboardImage()

Gets an image from Clipboard.

Returns:

image

cloneImage

public static BufferedImage cloneImage(BufferedImage bi)

Clones an image. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3514158/how-do-you-clone-a-bufferedimage

Parameters:

bi - input image

Returns:

cloned image